Martin sentenced in illegal gambling case
Trainer Greg Martin was sentenced to two years probation and six months home confinement on Thursday for his involvement in an alleged illegal gambling ring that supposedly brokered more than $200-million in bets over a two-year period. Martin was fined $2,000 and a $100 special assessment by Judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum in United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Martin pleaded guilty in the case and faced up to five years and prison and a fine of up to $250,000. Martin admitted in March to administering A One Rocket a milkshake before the opening race at Aqueduct on December 18, 2003, a race the gelding won by ten lengths. Martin said he informed David "Pebbles" Applebaum of the milkshaking and understood that Applebaum would pass that information along to other bettors in the alleged gambling ring. In January 2005, federal prosecutors indicted 17 individuals on 88 counts for participating in the illegal gambling business. One person indicted in the case has since died.
According to a spokesperson for the United States Attorney's office, several others indicted in the case have received sentences in recent months that are similar to what Martin was assessed.
On March 29, Jeffrey Gruber received three years probation, six months home confinement, a $2,000 fine, and $100 special assessment.
Jonathan Broome received one year probation, six months home confinement, and a $100 special assessment.
On July 18, Paul Cuzzo received five years probation, six months home confinement, and a $100 special assessment.
On July 26, Richard Hart received two years probation, six months home confinement, and a $100 special assessment.
On September 20, Norman Ostrov was sentenced to time served and received a $100 special assessment.
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